re: Anyone have experience with well water tanks?

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Stupid question, but it's best I go ahead and ask anyway. When you say drain "it", do you mean drain the tank or drain the bladder

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I should say turn water off to the house...maybe to clean a faucet head or replace the pump maybe. Turn breaker off to the pump...open a faucet and let the pressure off the system.

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Can you describe that "crap"? Color? Consistency? Anything to indicate the bladder is crapping out?

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Some sediment...as in sand or fine dirt. The water would have a reddish / brown tint. I surmised the bladder would drain and then when I turned the pump back on it would get fresh water from the well splashing down in bottom of bladder and and stirring up the shite in the bottom of the bag...does that sound right?

I took a sample to a local well water store to test and they said it is manganese. We continue to get sediment/sand/dirt come thru the lines and get caught in the faucet screens, washing machine screens and our tankless heater screens. Not a lot...but enuff for me to want to install some kind of filter system coming out of the well...of after the pump...whatever is recommended.


ETA....mostly sand I would say...to be honest I havnt looked THAT closely...but it's sand